The Clarion

The Clarion was a British tabloid newspaper that was owned by Bruce Bullerby during the late 20th century. The Clarion was supportive of the Conservative Party, but it often criticized Prime Minister Francis Urquhart. In 1993, the newspaper scored a major success when Bullerby, after having been blackmailed with photos of him having sex with Princess Charlotte, published Princess Charlotte's revealing and controversial memoirs, damaging the royal family's credibility. The newspaper, however, would continue to attack Urquhart, and Bullerby wrote that Urquhart's rival Tom Makepeace, "brought a fresh breeze of principle and idealism into British politics. There is a middle ground of principle and decency where people of goodwill of very class and race can stand together, and Tom Makepeace has claimed that middle ground. People of goodwill, people of principle, and decency will wish him well."